Massage comb



P. NACH.

MASSAGE COMB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1922 Patented Nov. 28, 1922..

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Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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WEST VIRGINIA.

MASSAGE cons.

Application filed June 1.0, 1922: Serial No. 567,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, PHILIP NACH, a citi Zen. of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Neirton, in the county of Hancock and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MassageCombs, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to improvements in massage combs adaptedfor treatment of the scalp in the application thereto of medicaments,tonics, &c., in the form of salves, liquids or pastes.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is comparatively simple in construction an operation, isinexpensive in cost of production, which may be manipulated withi'acility, and is sanitary in its uses and functions.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel combinations andarrangements of parts involved in the construction of the device wherebythe medicine, tonic, or other form of medicament is fed from thecontainer or reservoir in the comb, as will more specifically be setforth.

In the accompanying illustrated one complete example of the physicalembodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arrangedaccording to thebest mode I have thus far devised for the practicalapplication of the principles of my invention. It

will be understood that changes in shape, size, and form may be made andalterations may also be made in the operating parts of the device,within the scope 0t my claims.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the massage comb of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the comb, showingthe tines or teeth, except one, in elevation.

Figure 3' is a transverse sectional view at line 3-3 of Figure 2.

The comb may be made up of suitable material as Wood, hard rubber, ormetal and is fashioned with a hollow body 1 and hollow handle portion 2by means'of which it may be grasped in the hand and readily tomanipulated. A chamber or reservoir 3 is formed within the interior ofthe comb body,

and in this instance it is of generally rcctangular shape. Thebottomperforated wall a and the transverse partition 5 may be in- I 6 that isnormally drawings I havetegral and secured in usual manner in the hollowcomb body to complete the walls of the reservoir inv which themedicament in the form of liquid or paste is stored. If necessary thebottom and partition may be removed, a for cleansing the interior of thereservon, or when removed other forms or shapes of devices may besubstituted in lieu of this member on the comb.

At its end remote from the handle 2 the body of the comb is fashionedwith a nipple closed by a screw cap 7, or other suitable closure may beutilized. When the cap is removed the liquid, salve, or paste may bepassed through the open nipple to fill the interior of the hollow combbody. The perforated bottom wall or. plate 4: is

provided with a suitable number of hollow teeth 8 -t-hatmay be made upof hard rubber or other similar material, andfashioned, preferably witha rounded head 9. The bore of the. tooth entire length with the openingin the head 9 and the opposite end of the tooth is fixed and sealed inthe perforated bottom plate or wall. By rounding the heads it will beapparent that the teeth of the comb may be passed over the scalp, orother part of the person, with ease and comfort, and without danger ofscratching the skin of the user, or patient.

\Vith the reservoir or chamber 3 filled or partly filled with the salveor paste, the

8 extends throughout its latter is forced through the openings in thehollow teeth by pressure from a pressure plate 10. This plate is made toconform to the interior shape of the reservoir and may have a wear stripor packing gasket around its edges tomake a close fit in the walls ofthe reservoir and prevent leak of the medicament around the plate.

By means of a lever arm 12, which is located in the upperportion of thehollow comb body, the pressure plate is depressed in the drawings, andto compensatefor the swinging movement of the art, a loose or slottedpivotal connection is made at 13 between the lever arm andplate. A notch12 may be provided in the partitiono to guide the lever arm, angular andprojects mto the hollow handle portion 2. By means of a pivot pin 14:,which passes" transversely. through the handle portion, back ofthejpa'rtitionh', the

' lever arm is supported to oscillate, and a channel extension 15,forming a finger piece, is fashioned integral with the arm 12. Thefinger piece 15 is located in an opening in the wall of the hollowhandle, and isroun'ded with its convex face projecting beyond the handlein order that pressure may be ap-.

plied thereto when gripped lightly by the finger. By means of the spring16 which isafilxed to the finger piece and has a rubbing contact withthe inner Wall of thecomb-handle, the finger piece is urged away; fromthe handle and thisaction tends to hold the pressure plate, through thelever arm '12, out ofpressing action on the, corn tents of thereservoir. It will be apparent however, that when the finger piece 15 isgripped and squeezed into the hollow handle,

tion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-- i

1. The, combination in a massage comb having a, hollow body andcomprising a fixed perforated bottom plate and integral end wall, oftubular teeth in said plate, a pressure plate within the body of thecomb, a

lever arm pivotally connected to said plate and having a pivot outsidethe hollow body,

a spring pressed, integral finger-piece ,on

said lever arm, and a hollowhandle portiion forming a housing for saidfingerpiece. I

2, The combination in a massage comb comprising a hollow body portionand hollow handle portlon, of a pressure plate in' the body portion, alever pivoted in the handle portion including an arm projecting into thebody portion, a pivotal connection between said lever arm and pressureplate, said lever having a second arm fashioned as a finger piecemovable within the hollow handle, and a spring interposed between saidfinger piece and the hollow handle. 7

t 'In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature. 7 v

PHILIP NAOH. c

